Welcome to Realm Conquest

Realm Conquest is a tick-driven multiplayer strategy game about turning a single colony into a power that other players have to take seriously. You start small, grow steadily, and end up fighting over the same map as everyone else in your world. This page is the short version of how it all fits together, so the rest of the wiki makes sense.

One account, many worlds

You have one global account. That account can join many separate game worlds, called realms. Each realm is fully independent: its own players, its own map, its own speed, its own running clock. What you do in one realm has no effect on another. Joining a second or third realm is normal, and it is a good way to learn, because every realm starts you fresh.

When you join a realm you get one starter colony placed somewhere on a large map. That colony is your home base and the seed of everything you build.

The core loop

Almost everything you do in Realm Conquest is a version of the same loop:

• Grow your economy. Your colony produces metal, oil, energy, and workers over time. These are the fuel for everything else.
• Build structures. Structures raise your income, expand what you can see, and unlock your military and technology.
• Build an army. You recruit units, group them into squads, and send those squads across the map.
• Fight and expand. You attack, capture outposts, conquer rival colonies, and gather intelligence on your neighbors.
• Climb the rankings. Power and score grow as you do all of the above, and realms eventually have a winner.

You do not have to rush any of it. Steady growth beats a flashy start that runs out of resources.

The tick is the heartbeat

Realm Conquest does not run in real time the way an action game does. A realm moves forward in steps called ticks. Production, construction, training, movement, and combat all resolve when a tick happens, not the instant you click. Different realms tick at different speeds, so a "fast" world and a "slow" world feel very different to play. Understanding ticks is the single most useful thing for a new player, so start there.

Where to go next

If this is your first time, read What Is a Tick? to understand the game's clock, then Joining a Realm to understand the worlds you are joining. When you are ready to actually play your first session, the New Player Guide walks you through your opening moves step by step.

See also: What Is a Tick?, Joining a Realm, and the New Player Guide.